New Distributional Record of Brettus cingulatus (Araneae: Salticidae: Spartaeinae) in Chhattisgarh Region, India

The present study reports a new distributional record of the jumping spider species Brettus cingulatus Thorell, (1895) in Chhattisgarh state. This is a specific spider species belonging to the family Salticidae. This species was collected from two different sites Deobhog and Udanti Wildlife Sanctuary region in the Gariaband district of Chhattisgarh during field surveys using the hand-picking method. This is the first record of this species in the state, making it a new genus and species for Chhattisgarh. This study adds a new entry to the Arachnofauna list of Chhattisgarh.